Alabama-based League of the South launches Russian-language page to promote 'Southern nationalism'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JOHN BOWDEN - 07/21/18 03:32 PM EDT

An Alabama organization designated as a white supremacist hate group by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is launching a Russian-language page calling on Russia and the American South to become allies.

A letter posted to the League of the South's website first reported by AL.com spoke of natural similarities between Russian culture and the conservative southerners.

"As fellow Whites of northern European extraction, we come from the same general gene pool. As inheritors of the European cultural tradition, we share similar values, customs, and ways of life. And as Christians, we worship the same Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and our common faith binds us as brothers and sisters," the group's leader Michael Hill wrote.

Hill's letter continued that the site's Russian-language page would be the "first step" toward building "[a] firm and resolute understanding and commitment to cooperation between the Russian people and the people of the South [that] could indeed be the foundation for a better world in which our peoples thrive and prosper far into the future."


Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/398195-alabama-based-league-of-the-south-launches-russian-language

[Sneederbunk]

1. Knights of the Golden Circle live.

[PSPS]

2. "calling on Russia and the American South to become allies"

Russia already has the south's congressional delegation pretty much on board already and controls the senate agenda too.

[beachbum bob]

3. southern white racists and commie bastards, the new match made in heaven

we really can't make this shit up can we?

[deurbano]

11. Not commies, though. It's more about clash of "civilizations"... with Russia and the Orthodox

Church aligning with the South and evangelicals on issues of white supremacy, Islamophobia, homophobia, misogyny (save patriarchy!), etc..

But I agree you can't make this stuff up.

[beachbum bob]

12. Putin and his circle are still commie bastards with one aim

The downfall of America

[deurbano]

16. But they are trying to achieve it with a different ideology.

It helps explain an otherwise inexplicable and dangerous new alliance that I feel has been way underreported. Also, some on the left call the push-back against Russian intervention "McCarthyism," when this has nothing to do with communism. It's about fascism and kleptocracy and white supremacy and Christianity and misogyny and homophobia (etc.)... and an alliance between US conservatives and powerful Russians against the social progress and justice that undermines the traditional (and in their minds, correct) order.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/how-russia-became-a-leader-of-the-worldwide-christian-right-214755

http://www.religionwatch.com/the-putin-effect-galvanizing-evangelicals-and-eastern-orthodox/

[TheFrenchRazor]

32. word. nt

[msongs]

4. one recalls when that sort of crowd used to believe "better dead than red" lol nt

[The Liberal Lion]

5. The problem in America goes far deeper than this orange idiot

sitting in the White House that some choose to refer to as "president" and it goes much further than treasonous rats making up the modern day version of the GOP. It's your neighbors, it's your work colleagues, it's your teachers, and it's definitely the police. The enemies of America abound. What drives them? Racism, sexism, homophobia and an abundance of other mental pathologies. The hopeful message from this, however, in this betrayal of America, is that indeed America is a land that thrives on diversity. Inherent in this outright betrayal of our country is this knowledge and the fear of it. Stand firm liberal, progressive and Republican of conscience patriots, your enemies, the enemies of our society reveal themselves at every step.

[ellie]

6. Wow,

you can make this shit up. Traitors, every one of them.

[FreepFryer]

7. Nazis not gonna see. It's going to take a lot of work to defeat them. (Nt)

[Cold War Spook]

8. They also come

from the same general gene pool as Jews and Blacks. Everyone comes from the same general gene pool.

[benfranklin1776]

9. Ah, carrying on their heritage of treason

An unbroken tradition of being devout enemies of the United States since 1861. They should be deported to Russia.

[tanyev]

10. The South shall russe again!

[BumRushDaShow]

15. DUzy!

[noneof_theabove]

13. No blue wave....

A BIBLICAL FLOOD to purge the earth [well UCCA [united corporations and churches of amerikkka] of this scum.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. "And as Christians"

They are (historical) "Communists" and thus no religion.

[turbinetree]

17. Alabama must be so proud..................that soldiers died defending the Constitution

and now they traitors defending Russia................

I think maybe its time to remove all classified facilities from there and all military personnel...............who knows how many traitors work and belong to this Russian supporting entity and work at those facilities ..................


https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?msg=2018%20Midterm%20Elections&p0=263&year=2018&month=11&day=6&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&fromtheme=election

[sinkingfeeling]

18. Continuing their heritage of treason from great grandpa.

[markodochartaigh]

19. Do people really believe that Russia is still communist?

It seems that some people think that Russia is still communist, (if it ever truly was, different discussion for a different place). It seems to me that it is difficult to have an informed discussion if such a basic point as the type of government can't be agreed upon.

[jpak]

21. No, we think Putin is a murderous fucking dick-tator

and fuck your "informed discussion" with confederate assholes.

bot

[yardwork]

23. Joined DU to tell us that, did you?

[fleabiscuit]

25. What type of government do you think Russia is? nt

[Duppers]

29. hell no, we do not think that.

The these southerners* used to! What ever happened to their "socialists, why that's next to being a commie!" statements?


*born and grew in the south, so don't lecture me.

[jpak]

20. How much money are they getting from Putin?

Traitor pigs

[yardwork]

24. Exactly.

[NCjack]

22. Wow. Those rednecks that can't learn enough English to pass

the 7th grade are going to learn Russian? I think this project is in trouble.

[applegrove]

26. Sick.

[Kajun Gal]

27. Was just telling a friend that we have to buy Babel and learn Russian, but I was joking.

Guess we really DO have to buy it now!

[bitterross]

28. They were on the wrong side the last time too.

Not much changes. I won't tarnish ALL of the state with the deeds of the few. The same sort of idiots were on the wrong side of the battle in the 1860s. Taking up arms against this nation. No reason to expect they'd change by now.

[area51]

30. Won't their friends in Brazil

feel ignored?

[TheFrenchRazor]

31. if this is for real, and spreads, it could greatly facilitate Putin's takeover of america. nt

[ucrdem]

33. Maybe Trump is looking to sell off a few unprofitable states

and trying to get his Russian banker friends interested? Because I really don't see this catching on in the south.